A significant update to OpenAI's ChatGPT will make it possible for the popular chatbot to communicate with users via speech and visuals, bringing it closer to other well-known artificial intelligence (AI) assistants like Apple's Siri.   According to a blog post published by OpenAI on Monday,...

According to the Financial Times, Japanese carmaker Nissan Motor Co. plans to totally stop selling non-electric automobiles in Europe by 2030 and replace them with electric and hybrid vehicles. In addition, all new car models that are intended for sale in the area will only come with electric...

Following Germany's demand that e-fuel vehicles be spared from the phase-out of new polluting vehicles, the European Union is expected to insist that e-fuel vehicles be 100% carbon neutral if they are to be sold beyond 2035.   According to the major climate policy for automobiles in the EU,...

According to Britain's antitrust regulator, Microsoft's revised $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard "opens the door" to the clearance of the largest gaming merger in history.   Early in 2022, Microsoft announced the merger, but it was halted in April by Britain's competition...

By negotiating debt settlements with creditors, Chinese developers Sunac and Country Garden helped the crisis-stricken real estate market in certain ways, but pessimism over a rebound in housing sales continued to cloud the outlook.   After creditors accepted Sunac China Holdings' $9 billion...

Tens of billions of dollars in climate damage are sought for by the oil industries. According to The New York Times, California state officials accuse Shell, BP plc, Exxon Mobil, ConocoPhillips, and Chevron Corp. of defrauding the public by exaggerating the risks connected with fossil fuels and...

In their first day of trade on Thursday, the ADRs of British chip developer Arm Holdings increased by more than 17%. Arm raised $4.87 billion in an initial public offering (IPO), selling 95.5 million ADRs at $51 each. In the IPO, the company was valued at $54.5 billion. Arm equities' initial...

Google's trial over its hegemony in internet searches has started in the US. An antitrust case accusing Google of abusing its monopoly status in the Internet search industry and building artificial barriers for rivals is now discussed in the Washington court. "Google's contracts make it...

The US grocery delivery business Instacart intends to list shares at a price of $26-28 a share on the Nasdaq market. According to the IPO prospectus submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the company, officially known as Maplebear Inc., will sell 7.9 million additional...